dance floor spot - what would you recommend?

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Forget that you're a mobile DJ, if you were going to do a perm install to spotlight a dance floor (First dance), what would you use?

If you are focusing the lights onto a single spot....
with a permanently installed fixture...
you'd have to tell the B/G to not move around the floor as they dance.
 
If you are focusing the lights onto a single spot....
with a permanently installed fixture...
you'd have to tell the B/G to not move around the floor as they dance.

Nah, you just spread the beams around and have them overlap (to cover more area). I'm going to make sure that I have a big enough area covered and will have some kind of center marker (perhaps my logo). My goal is to have it bright enough that the photogs won't even need flash.
 
When looking for a new movers for this, look for ones with zoom but, I too would at least try the 255's.

Yea, that's the conclusion I've already come to. Just hang the 255s from the ceiling and use them. If this thing flies (like it's looking like) then money for new gear won't be an issue.
 
Yea, that's the conclusion I've already come to. Just hang the 255s from the ceiling and use them. If this thing flies (like it's looking like) then money for new gear won't be an issue.

if money becomes a non issue...definitely jump to the 355s for the main spot area ... much larger beam span! you can use the 255's as well since they both have the same gobos and color range... id recommend picking up the star cluster gobo as an add on to the heads (i just replaced that glass gobo because its ugly to me)... i get so many requests for stars.

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if money becomes a non issue...definitely jump to the 355s for the main spot area ... much larger beam span! you can use the 255's as well since they both have the same gobos and color range... id recommend picking up the star cluster gobo as an add on to the heads (i just replaced that glass gobo because its ugly to me)... i get so many requests for stars.

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Are you talking about the pink with the white dots in a circle around it?
 
I actually like that one. I'd love to ditch that ugly pink thing for a gobo with stars on it. Where'd you get the gobo?
Lol...fully your choice... the gobos were super easy to change out on the 355s...not sure bout the 255...worth a shot

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Forget that you're a mobile DJ, if you were going to do a perm install to spotlight a dance floor (First dance), what would you use? I'm thinking 3-4 fixtures shooting down at say a 45 degree angle (from 15ft). Single color and very bright. I want to really make that special dance pop then, they're turned off the rest of the night. I have some source fours available but kinda thinking about LED. Thoughts?

That's not how you would plot good lighting. The method is to fully light what you want to be lit, while not spilling light into undesirable areas or blinding your audience.

Are you suggesting 15 feet setback from center, or is the ceiling 15ft high? If the lights appear in the FOV as point sources to the surrounding audience you'll get consistent complaints from both photographers and the audience, even with framing shutters. The angle of address and the beam angle both have to be considered for the right coverage.
 
If you really want the lighting to be impressive then a "spot" with hard edges in not the aesthetic result you want. (The aesthetic is a separate issue from whether the fixtures used to create it are 'spot-lights' or 'wash-lights')

Think like a photographer - for a really impressive visual the transitions from brilliant areas to darker areas or shadows should be seamless. Thus, your subject stands out without the lighting effect calling attention to itself. Look at any theatrical stage set. The goal of theater is immersion - so there'e little use of hard edges because they create a hard boundary between the audience and subject/actors.

If the ceiling height is relatively low and the floor comparatively wide you may get better results using par or fresnel fixtures instead of framing spots.